MAD comic books issue 122

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Cover art by Mort Drucker (candidates) and Norman Mingo (Alfred E. Newman). "Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 8," script by Arnie Kogen, art by Bob Clarke; Parody of the "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" panel cartoon; A collection of satirical anecdotes of unusual people and places. "Mad's Updated Comic Strip Heroes," script by Max Brandel, art by Bob Clarke; The faces of real life celebrities are pasted onto the bodies of various comic strip characters for ironic effect. "Genteel Ben," script by Dick DeBartolo, art by Don Martin; In a parody of the television series "Gentle Ben," an Everglades park ranger and his annoying family live and interact with a grizzly bear who is more civilized than they are. Cartoons in the margins by Sergio Aragones. "A CBS-TV Summer Memo to the Smothered Brothers," script by Ronnie Nathan, art by Jack Rickard; Three examples of CBS Network memos to the Smothers Brothers, telling them in gentle verse to stop being political and just be funny. "A Mad Look at Movie Monsters," script and art by Sergio Aragones; Satirical results to basic cliche film monster movie scenes. "Spy Vs. Spy" Mad Fold-In by Antonio Prohias. "Mad's TV Game Show Originator of the Year," script by Stan Hart, art by Joe Orlando; The producer of low-brow, embarrassment-oriented game shows is interviewed. "Mad Magazine's Ideal Presidential Candidate," script by Lou Silverstone (plot) and Max Brandel (layout), art by Max Brandel (layout); Individual features from ten prospective Presidential candidates are combined to form the face of a single compromise candidate. "The Hippie Man," script by Connie Del Vento, art by George Woodbridge; Scenes from the film "The Music Man," complete with musical numbers, with hippies substituted for the main characters. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias; The White Spy thinks he's trapped the Black Spy in his own dungeon. "When We Have the Future Long, Long Cigarette," script and art by Al Jaffee. "The Lighter Side of Hair," script by Dave Berg, art by Dave Berg. "You May Have Already Read This," script by Eli Stein, art by Joe Orlando; Various notes and letters from everyday life, written in the style of a Publisher's Clearing House contest solicitation. "Mad Mini-Movies: Guess Who's Throwing Up Dinner," script by Stan Hart, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the film "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"; a flighty woman takes her black fiance to meet her prejudiced father. "Mad Mini-Movies: In Cold Bleeech," script by Stan Hart, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the film "In Cold Blood"; two indifferent detectives stumble onto the murderers of a simple, boring American family. "Mad Mini-Movies: The Post-Graduate," script by Stan Hart, art by Mort Drucker. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.35.

August 1997. Ecch! Rated Mad. Cover by Basil Wolverton. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Mike Snider, Don (Duck) Edwing, Dan Birtcher, Stan Hart, Cary Pepper, John Prete, Desmond Devlin, Frank Jacobs, Arnie Kogen, Tom Koch, Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola, Larry Siegel, Bob Clarke, Paul Peter Porges, Gerry Gersten, Tom Bunk, John Caldwell, Paul Coker, Jr., Angelo Torres, Rick Tulka, Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, Antonio Prohias, Dave Berg, Jack Davis and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Super Special reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine. A collection of Mad spoofs of the Godfather films - Parts One, Two and Three, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A parody of the TV series Northern Exposure. Babar the elephant's final adventure. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. The Odd Father; Spy vs. Spy; Don (Duck) Edwing Hangs Out at the Mall; Babar's Final Adventure; Making Games More Dangerous; The Lighter Side of...; The Macabre Morticians' Melodrama; America - Land of Opportunity; You Always Remember...You Never Remember...; The Odd Father Part, Too!; The New Benchmarks, Records and Barriers That Mankind is Rapidly Approaching - Part I; Customer Satisfaction Surveys We'd Really Like to See; The Mad Stages of...; Give It Up!; Rotten Places Where Waldo Really Would Have to Hide; The Pitiful Postal Peril; Snorin' Exposure; Radio Stations We Never Get to Hear; A Second Bathroom... Your Gateway to Fun and Adventure!; Video Reviews; Celebrity Sound Effects; The Oddfather Part III; The Receptionist's Revolting Resolution; America's Traditional Songs as They Sound to Five-Year-Olds; Hi, Readers - Reverend Donald Wildmon Here!; Fold-In; Where's Waldo? For Complete Morons. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.